160.810. Powers and duties.
Powers and duties.
160.810. The corporation, after being certified by the governor asprovided by section 160.800, may:
(1) Study the potential for a state-coordinated economic andeducational policy that addresses all levels of education;
(2) Determine where obstacles make state support of programs thatcross institutional or jurisdictional boundaries difficult and suggestremedies;
(3) Create programs that:
(a) Intervene at known critical transition points, such as middleschool to high school and the freshman year of college, to help ensurestudent success at the next level;
(b) Foster higher education faculty spending time in elementary andsecondary classrooms and private workplaces, and elementary and secondaryfaculty spending time in general education-level higher education coursesand private workplaces, with particular emphasis on secondary schoolfaculty working with general education higher education faculty;
(c) Allow education stakeholders to collaborate with members ofbusiness and industry to foster policy alignment, professional interaction,and information systems across sectors;
(d) Regularly provide feedback to schools, colleges, and employersconcerning the number of students requiring postsecondary remediation,whether in educational institutions or the workplace;
(4) Explore ways to better align academic content, particularlybetween secondary school and first-year courses at public colleges anduniversities, which may include alignment between:
(a) Elementary and secondary assessments and public college anduniversity admission and placement standards; and
(b) Articulation agreements for programs across sectors andeducational levels.
(L. 2009 S.B. 291)